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Meal families

Game animals

Haunch of wild boar with huntsman sauce

Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.

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Offal and tripe

Sautéed veal kidney with vin jaune sauce

Vin jaune sauce : sauce with cream, shallot, and Vin jaune.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers

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Cheeses

Brie de Melun

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Sea fish

Rioja-style cod

Cod stew served with a sauce made from roasted red peppers and tomatoes.

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Poultry

Blanquette of turkey with almonds

Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.

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Cheeses

Chevrotin des Aravis

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Savoie.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat’s milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Bossons macérés

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche. Vivarais. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône.
Cheese made in a stoneware jar from leftover goat or sheep tomme, mixed with marc brandy, olive oil and white wine, all seasoned with aromatics (garlic, spices, aromatic herbs, onion, pepper, , etc).
Comes in the form of a spreadable paste on bread or potatoes.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Cheeses

L’amour de Nuits

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Rembrandt extra aged Gouda

Netherlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.

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Poultry

Duck confit with Sarlat style potatoes

Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.

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Sauces

Bourguignonne sauce

Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

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Sauces

Snail butter

Butter with garlic, shallot and parsley.

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Pounti

France. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue.
Pâté made with wheat or rye flour, containing Swiss chard, spinach, eggs, milk, bacon or sausage meat, and prunes, baked in a casserole or terrine.
Dish usually served with a salad.
Served cold.

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Sea fish

Tuna ceviche

Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).

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Pizza, Quiche, Tart and Pie

Quiche lorraine

Shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream blended with bacon bits.

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Consommé and Soup

French onion soup gratinee

Soup made with fried onions cooked in broth, topped with bread or gratinated croutons.

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